Deleting a "undeletable" folder

[mrapoc]

Get this message at college..we all know it

Cannot delete file, currently in use

or similiar

Anything to force delete as its definately not in use (Its a folder of Counter strike) and i would prefer to be able to delete its existance lol

Thanks

 

[Toxcity]

Get this message at college..we all know it

Cannot delete file, currently in use

or similiar

Anything to force delete as its definately not in use (Its a folder of Counter strike) and i would prefer to be able to delete its existance lol

Thanks

Permissions? I found if I put stuff on the desktop I then cannot move/delete them.. Sucks.

 

[deathwish]

try in the cmd console "Del <file location>"

\/don't try this\/

eg

Del C:\boot.ini

 

[nrage]

Download Process Explorer and use "Find|Find handle or DLL" to search for the folder name. Left click the search result, it will highlight the application and handle in the main window, right click the handle and choose "Close Handle".

This may cause the application which had the handle open to crash. It's more than likely that explorer.exe has it open mistakenly, closing it will not cause explorer to crash (assuming it's the same bug/case that I have seen).

The only problem is that you may not have privilege to run process explorer under your uni account...

 

[mrapoc]

We can run programs usually as long as

1) they are already installed

2) they are installed on our h: drive partition

such thing as a force deleter suitable for a whole folder?

 

[mrapoc]

We can usually delete folders of this type as others have left folders on their actual pc wen we have lent them the files - but like we've found 2 so far that have been left that wont delete =/

 

[nrage]

We can run programs usually as long as

1) they are already installed

2) they are installed on our h: drive partition

such thing as a force deleter suitable for a whole folder?

Process Explorer is a single executable so you could run it from a pen drive or similar.

The problem is actually that the windows API functions used to inspect the handles each process has open may require administrative access, in which case process explorer wont be able to show you them or force them closed.

 

[Joe]

safe mode

failing that

change the permissions so no1 can access it .. reboot into safe mode .. take ownership and delete it

 

[nathan]

safe mode

failing that

change the permissions so no1 can access it .. reboot into safe mode .. take ownership and delete it

i think this is at his college again. So i dont think he'll be able to get into safe mode.

 

[Rastalovich]

Stoopid networks can prevent u deleting stuff by caching it`s references on another pc.

Have a search for the thread I made in the forum about "cannot delete..", a number of guyz made some excellent utils that will take control of a file - no matter what.

 

[mrapoc]

Ok cheers - the cache file is always the culprit but they rest have followed suit

 

[mrapoc]

I checked but i had already tried unlocker (didnt even load :S)

It shudnt be a network issue as its on a couple of pcs on the local hdd (only visible on those pcs)

=/

 

[nrage]

If the problem is an application holding a reference to the file open then a reboot should fix it, I assume you have access to the reset button?

 

[mrapoc]

hmmm ill try it

dont think theyll see it just id rather do them a favour lol

probably format them once in a while - ill keep trying

 

[MikeEnIke]

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Try that, always works for me.